caa a22 4500 475737245 CHVBK 20180406123450.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s007730070013 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s007730070013 An agent-based approach to preliminary ship design [Elektronische Daten] [Kyu-Yeul Lee, Sang-Uk Lee] In this paper, the basic architecture of an agent is proposed and a federated agent system based on the basic architecture is implemented. The basic architecture consists of a knowledge query and manipulation language (KQML) handler, a knowledge interchange format (KIF) interpreter, and design flow control codes. The KQML handler is a module for managing KQML performatives received from an agent. The KIF interpreter provides the support services of content-based routing, translation using a matching scheme, and simple inference. A Java template package was used for communication between agents. A federated agent system was then applied to a preliminary ship design to show the handling process of the agent system and its applicability in a distributed design environment. The Society of Naval Architects of Japan, 2000 Key words Federated agent system nationallicence Preliminary ship design nationallicence Agent architecture nationallicence KQML nationallicence KIF nationallicence Facilitator nationallicence Lee Kyu-Yeul Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Shilim-Dong, Kwanak-Gu, Seoul, Korea, KR aut Lee Sang-Uk Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Shilim-Dong, Kwanak-Gu, Seoul, Korea, KR aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s007730070013 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s007730070013 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lee Kyu-Yeul Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Shilim-Dong, Kwanak-Gu, Seoul, Korea, KR aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lee Sang-Uk Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Shilim-Dong, Kwanak-Gu, Seoul, Korea, KR aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer